Mattress.



N. v. KNICKMEYYER.

MATTRESS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 4, 1914.

' WITNESSES 1 INI/ENTOR NANNIE VERGINIA KNICKMEYER, OF MILLVILLE, FLORIDA.

MATTRESS.

1 Specification of Letters Patent. Patented M 18 1915 Application filed. June 4, 1914. Serial N 0. 842,893.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NANNIE V. KNIGK- MEYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Millville, in the county of Bay and State of Florida, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Mattresses, of which the following is a specification;

This invention relates to an improvement in mattresses, and one of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a mattress having means to facilitate the ready handling of the mattress during the process of shaking up and renovating the same, and in turning and handling the mattress, said means further serving to strengthen and maintain the mattress in shape.

Another object of'the invention is to provide a mattress having strips of material running transversely of, and another centrally and longitudinally of the mattress, said strips being fastened to the mattress except at and adjacent the intersecting points, where they are freefrom the mattress and are secured together and form spaced hand holds along the medial line of the mattress on both sides thereof.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved mattress such as described which will be extremely simple, durable, eflicient in operation and inexpensive to manufacture.

With these and other objects in view which will become apparent as the description proceeds, the invention resides'in the construction combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which like characters of reference indicate like partsthroughout the several figures, of which-- Figure 1 represents a top plan view of a mattress constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig; .3 represents a similar view to Fig. 2 taken on, the plane indicated-by the line -33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 represents a perspective view of one corner of the mattress.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 5 indicates the upholstery or fillingmaterial for the mattress, which is inclosed by the cover comprising an upper sheet '6, a

lower sheet 7, and a side sheet 8 which ex tends entirely around the edges of the mattress, said sheets being composed of any suitable material, sheet 8 being stitched at edges to the edges of sheets 6 and 7, respectively, asindicated at 9.

Disposed in spaced relation to each other and extending transversely of the mattress 1n equally spaced relation to the ends thereof, are a pair of strips 10,'made of suitable material and of a suitable thickness and width, said strips being stitched along their edges as at 11 to the mattress-cover or ticking, the central portions only of the strips being left unattached to the ticking as indicated at 12, said strips being cross stitched as at 13, at the ends of the unattached portions 12.. Strips 14, similar to strips 10, are secured on the opposite "side of the mattress in the same manner as strips 10 are secured, and at the sides of the mattress in, alinement with adjacent ends of thestrips 10 and 14 are disposed shorter strips 15. The strips 10, 14 and 15 substantially form bands entirely encircling the mattress transversely thereof and spaced equally from each other.

- mediate their ends are free from the mattress to form side hand holds.

Disposed longitudinally and in the medial line on each side of the mattress is a central strip 16 secured in a manner similar to strips 10. said strips 16 at and adjacent the points where they cross the stripsll being disconnected from the mattress as at 17. The free crossed portions 12 and 17 of the strips form hand holds disposed in spaced relation and centrally of the mattress whereby the latter may be easily lifted and shaken or renovated without. danger of tearingthe ticking or hurting the fingers or nails of the operator. At the points where portions ofstrips 12 and 14 cross each other they are securely stitched together as at 18. The ends of the strips 16 which are disposed one on each side of the mattress are connected by additional strips 16 which form hand holds centrally of the ends of the mattress midway'of'the side edges thereof.

The ends ofthestrips 10 and 16 are stitched to the stitched meeting edges indicated' at 9 of the sheet or ticking formingthe mattress cover in a manner indicated at 19,

and binding the stitched together ticking edges and strip ends, is the binding strip which extends entirely around the mattress and thoroughly strengthens the meeting edges of the ticking and strips. Additional short strips 15 are disposed atthe corners of the mattress as indicated in Fig. 4, and form hand holds at the corners;

By the construction described, it is apparent that the mattress is provided with stouthand holds on each side and centrally thereof, and is also provided with hand hold along its edges both at and intermediate the corners, the strips at the same time serving to strengthen and maintain the mattress in its original shape.

Although I have described the preferred embodiment of my invention, I-vmay desire to make such changes in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts thereof as do not depart from the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims;

I claim.

1. A mattress of the class described in cluding cross strips secured in spaced relalongitudinal strips being secured to the outside of said mattress except at and adjacent to the intersecting points, said cross and longitudinal strips being connected together at the intersecting points.

2. A mattress of the class described including spaced transversely disposed cross strips secured to the outside of said mattress except at their central portions, longitudinally disposed strips secured to said mattress except at the intersecting points of the longitudinally disposed strips and the cross strips, said strips at their intersecting portions being disconnected from the mattress and adapted to vform hand holds.

NANNIE VERGINIA KNICKMEYER.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL T. WARD, J. 0. Poem. 

